探访云南

《探访云南(英文版)》主要内容：Yunnan does, in fact, enjoy better weather thanits neighbours. Its position astride the Tropic of Capri-corn, along with its elevation and mountain chains, giveit a temperate climate, free from extremes of heat or cold.Much of the province lies on hill-studded high plateauxaveraging 2000 metres altitude. The snow peaks are inthe west and northwest, while two major ranges, the Ailaoand Wuliang Mountains, run northwest to southeast rightthrough the heart of the province, South of these rangesthe landscape is tropical, in cultural and physical termsthe northern rim of Southeast Asia. Yunnan is subject tothe annual monsoons from May through October. Inother seasons days are often sunny, temperatures mild,with winters cold only in the highlands of the northwestand northeast.